Read this passage from dostoyevsky’s novella from the underground: but do you know, gentlemen, what was the chief point about my spite? why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, i was inwardly conscious with shame that i was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that i was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it. in what was is the narrator most clearly a monster? a. he doesn’t need to feel ashamed, but he does. b. he doesn’t need to hurt animals, but he does. c. he has no reason to be bitter, but he is. d. he has no reason to be mean, but he is

How can a speaker best appeal to an audience? a. by revealing just enough information to make the au us b. by allowing the audience to ask questions about the speech's subject matter c. by adapting the speech to the expectations and knowledge of the audience d. by encouraging listeners who disagree to voice their opinions

Which best describes the suspense technique of flashback? an image, color, object, or similar is shown early in the film. it later reappears in a pivotal scene or plot point. details of the story outside of the chronological storyline are provided to the audience, often as a memory. illusions of explosions and other events are presented, often using computer-generated imagery to seem realistic. the screenwriter lets the audience know something the main character does not, usually something important to the plot.

Read the quote from zimmermann in the code book. a future government could inherit a technology infrastructure that's optimized for surveillance, where they can watch the movements of their political opposition, every financial transaction, every communication, every bit of e-mail, every phone call. everything could be filtered and scanned and automatically recognized by voice recognition technology and transcribed. it's time for cryptography to step out of the shadows of spies and the military, and step into the sunshine and be embraced by the rest of us. which question does this paragraph answer? why does zimmermann think encryption is important? what kind of encryption did zimmermann invent? how does zimmermann’s encryption work? who made encryption based on zimmermann’s work?